Vol. 2, Issue 43
NEWS
Congratulations to Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13)! Her chapbook, A Book of Poems on Beauty, won the Gazing Grain Press Poetry Chapbook Contest for 2014, judged by Dawn Lundy Martin.
PUBLICATION
Steffi Drewes (MFAW '07), Tom Comitta (MFAW '11), Anne Lesley Selcer (MFAW '13) all have poems in It's night in San Francisco but it's Sunny in Oakland, an anthology of 60 contemporary East Bay poets.
Patrick Newson (MFAW '15) reviewed Driftwood Forts of the Oregon Coast by James Herman for Oregon Book Report.
Hugh Behm-Steinberg (MFAW faculty) has some recent poem publications:
"Juniper Titmice" in the recent issue of Denver Quarterly (Vol. 48, No. 4), "Sooty Fox Sparrows" in Sink Review, two in Sakura Review (Vol. 5), and "Not Lost" in Coconut (No. 19).
"Juniper Titmice" in the recent issue of Denver Quarterly (Vol. 48, No. 4), "Sooty Fox Sparrows" in Sink Review, two in Sakura Review (Vol. 5), and "Not Lost" in Coconut (No. 19).
Keiran King (MFAW '16) has a weekly opinion column on The Jamaica Gleaner: recent articles include how the buggery law is an offence to all, the "Gay Agenda" is a cheap tactic, and how to think for yourself. Find more here.
Jeff Von Ward (MFAW '12), editor of Samizdat Journal, conducted an interview with Ethel Rohan, author of Goodnight Nobody: Stories.
Keep up with Emily Raabe (MFAW '03) while she's on her indie book tour for her recent novel Lost Children of the Far Islands.
KQED Pop's Emmanuel Hapsis (MFAW '09) presents a young YouTuber turning the infamous Comcast phone call into a song; Laura Schadler (MFAW '07) with how we can more mindful consumers.
MEDIA
Christopher Higgs recently conducted an interview with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty) for The Paris Review.
Michelle Johnson, editor from World Lit Today, held an interview with Denise Newman (MFAW faculty) regarding her forthcoming translations of Naja Maria Aidt.
Eleven Eleven participated in the Beast Crawl this month in Oakland and recorded their readers, Sarah Korbinsky, Oki Sogumi, and July Westhale.
ON-CAMPUS
OFF-SITE
FRI 1: Celebration: A Celebration of Jenneth Webster with multiple performers and guests including Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08), 4:30pm at Lincoln Center, Hearst Plaza, NY.
SAT 2: Reading: Caroline Goodwin (MFAW faculty), Kalamu Chache, and Jym Marks, 11am - 12:30pm at the Menlo Park City Council Chambers (701 Laurel St, Menlo Park). more info
TUE 5: Reading: Academy of American Poets Summer Reading Series with Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (MFAW '08), Justin Marks, Bianca Stone, 6pm at the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, 2nd Floor, Room 227, NY. more info
COMING UP
8/26: New Student Orientation, 3 - 5pm, Writers Studio
8/28: Reading: Writing Without Walls: When I Was Young, readers TBD, 7:30pm at Cafe du Soleil (200 Fillmore, SF)
8/30: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon curated Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Megan Breiseth, Trevor Calvert, Norma Cole, Gillian Conoley, Edward Foster, Andrew Joron, Ben Mirov, Colin Partch (MFAW '14/MA '15), Nora Toomey (MFAW '14), 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
9/1: LABOR DAY: Campus Closed
9/27: Reading: Bay Area Poetry Marathon presents 100 Thousand Poets For Change curated by Donna de la Perrière (MFAW faculty) with Dodie Bellamy (MFAW faculty), Natalie Catasús (MFAW '14/MA '15), Maxine Chernoff, Johnny Hernandez, Kevin Killian (MFAW faculty), Monica Storss, Sunnylyn Thibodeaux, 7pm at The Emerald Tablet (80 Fresno, SF)
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